Becoming visible
Subtitle: counseling bisexuals across the lifespan
By: [edited by] Beth A. Firestein
Contributors: Firestein, Beth A
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9780231137249
Subjects: Bisexuals -- Mental health; Bisexuals -- Counseling of; Gender identity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Beverly Greene; title: Preface: embracing the revolution; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: becoming visible; title: Critical issues in counseling bisexual clients. The construction and reconstruction of bisexuality : inventing and reinventing the self / Paula C. Rodríguez Rust ; A review of mental health research on bisexual individuals when compared to homosexual and heterosexual individuals / Brian Dodge and Theo G. M. Sandfort ; Bisexual women's and men's experiences of psychotherapy / Emily Page ; What's in a name? why women embrace or resist bisexual identity / Robyn Ochs; title: Counseling bisexual women and men across the lifespan. Developmental and spiritual issues of young people and bisexuals of the next generation / Luke Entrup and Beth A. Firestein ; Counseling the bisexual married man / Greg Carlsson ; Cultural and relational contexts of bisexual women : implications for therapy / Beth A. Firestein ; Bisexuality and broken relationships : working with intimate partner violence / Sharon G. Horne and Shana V. Hamilton ; Bisexual inclusion in addressing issues of GLBT aging : therapy with older bisexual women and men / Bobbi Keppel and Beth A. Firestein ; Disability and bisexuality : confronting ableism at the intersection of gender and queer desire / Stacey L. Coffman; title: Counseling ethnic minority and gender-variant bisexual clients. Addressing social invalidation to promote well-being for multiracial bisexuals of African descent / Raymond L. Scott ; Counseling at the intersection of identities : Asian/Pacific American bisexuals / James Fuji Collins ; Counseling bisexual Latinos : a minority within a minority / Luigi Ferrer and L. Angelo Jürgen Gómez ; Transgender identities and bisexual expression : implications for counselors / Dallas Denny; title: Identity and lifestyle diversity among bisexual women and men. Queer identities and bisexual identities : what's the difference? / Evalie Horner ; Gender expression in bisexual women : therapeutic issues and considerations / Heidi M. Levitt and Sara K. Bridges ; Counseling bisexuals in polyamorous relationships / Geri Weitzman ; Playing with sacred fire : building erotic communities / Loraine Hutchins ; Counseling bisexuals on BDSM lifestyle issues / William A. Henkin; title: Future trends. Training counselors to work ethically and effectively with bisexual clients / Tania Israel ; Counseling heterosexual spouses of bisexual or transgender partners / Amity Pierce Buxton